Any action or conduct of an economic entity contradicting the RA law “On protection of economic competition”, other laws, regulatory legal acts or customary business practices, violating the principles of fairness, i.e. integrity, equity, truthfulness and/or impartiality among economic entities, or among economic entities and consumers or acquirers, shall be deemed to be unfair competition.
Unfair competition types /acts are:
- confusion;
- acquisition and exercise of exclusive rights over identifications marks of participants of the civil circulation, goods, works or services;
- use of results of intellectual activity;
- defaming an economic entity or its business;
- misleading the public;
- harm caused to reputation and goodwill of an economic entity;
- other cases provided for by law.
(For detailed information see Articles 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 of RA law “On Protection of Economic Competition).
- The time limit for the proceedings on unfair competition conducted by the Commission shall be three months. Upon a reasoned decision of the Commission, the time limit for the proceedings shall once be extended to up to three months.
- Within a period of two weeks after receiving the decision on initiating proceedings on the offence in the field of economic competition, the respondent in the proceedings may — in case of admitting the fact of commission of the offence attributed thereto and having eliminated the consequences of the offence – file with the Commission a motion on administering expedited proceedings. The Commission shall grant or reject the motion on administering expedited proceedings within 10 days after receiving the motion. The Commission shall render a decision as a result of the proceedings within a period of one month from the day of adopting the decision on administering expedited proceedings.
- The amount of a fine imposed for unfair competition shall constitute up to five percent of the revenue of the economic entity for the year preceding the offence in question.
- The amount of a fine imposed for unfair competition shall constitute up to 2,5 percent of the revenue of the economic entity for the year preceding the offence in question in case of administering expedited proceedings.
- In case 75 percent of the fine imposed by the decision of the Commission is paid within a period of two months after the entry into force of the decision, the obligation to pay the fine shall be considered as duly performed.
(For detailed information see Articles 88, 93 and 100 of RA law “On Protection of Economic Competition).
- Who can submit?
Natural or legal persons can submit the report on the act of unfair competition in writing.
- What is the time limit to consider the report?
The report shall be considered in the Commission within a period of one month. As a result of consideration of report the Commission shall adopt a decision on initiating proceedings on the offence in the field of economic competition or refusing to initiate proceedings on the offence in the field of economic competition.
- The form of submission of the report
The report shall be submitted via electronic platform of the Commission
The repost shall also be submitted:
- via the Commission’s e-mail (info@competition.am)
- via Unified portal for online requests;
- in a hard copy
It is necessary to fill in the form of the report submitted below, sign it, attach the necessary materials and submit it to the Commission.
